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Police: Lynn man with loaded gun arrested on Mission Hill

Boston Police report gang-unit officers patrolling the area around the Annunciation development yesterday following a shooting Tuesday arrested a man with a loaded gun at Parker and Gurney streets.

Police say the officers spotted a bunch of guys in a courtyard near the development around 2:10 p.m., several of them, as they say, known to police:

Upon seeing the approaching officers, the group slowly dispersed and began walking away from the area. As the group was leaving, officers observed one of the individuals get involved in a verbal altercation with a motorist. During the verbal altercation, officers observed the individual gesturing and motioning towards his waist area in such a way as if to suggest he was in possession of a firearm. Fortunately, the altercation ended without injury when the motorist drove off. However, the officer’s concern that the individual may be armed remained. In an effort to better understand their observations and concerns, officers, with badges clearly displayed, approached the individual and his three friends in the area of Parker and Gurney Streets. When instructed to remain on the sidewalk, the individual ignored the officers and quickened his pace in an effort to put distance between himself and the officers. However, after catching up to the suspect, officers conducted a pat frisk for the presence of weapons. As a result of the frisk, officers were able to feel and find a firearm in the suspect’s left pocket. When asked to produce a license to carry, the suspect stated that he didn’t have one.

Dedric Dew, 21, of Lynn, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, police say.